Flora of North America species comparison

several from base, decumbent to ascending, (unbranched), 0.5–1.5 dm.

few to several from base, erect, (unbranched, slender), 0.3–1.5(–3) dm.

(petiole slender);

blade obovate, 3–5 cm (width 10–20 mm, base tapering abruptly to petiole), margins entire, (apex rarely slightly acute).

(tufted, erect);

blade linear to very narrowly spatulate, 1–3(–4) cm, margins entire (involute).

blade oblanceolate, 0.5–1.5 cm (width 3–5 mm), margins entire.

similar to basal.

subcorymbose.

relatively dense.

sepals oblong, 8–10 mm;

petals spatulate, 12–14 mm.

sepals (greenish yellow), elliptic, 3.5–7 mm;

petals spatulate, 5–6 mm, (not clawed).

(divaricate, straight), 5–10 mm.

(ascending, curved or sigmoid), 2–10 mm.

didymous, mostly highly inflated (strongly flattened at least in 1/2 toward replum), 14–18 × 14–18 mm, (papery, basal sinus slightly notched, apical open, shallow);

valves (retaining seeds after dehiscence), evenly pubescent;

replum lanceolate, 7–10 mm, width 1.5–2.5 mm, as wide as or wider than fruit, apex acute to acuminate;

ovules 8–10 per ovary;

style 5–7 mm.

(erect), ovoid (or longer than broad), usually inflated, 4–5 mm, (apex acute, slightly flattened);

valves pubescent, trichomes appressed;

ovules 4–8 per ovary;

style 2–4 mm.

flattened, (2–3 mm).

flattened, (mucilaginous).

= 48–52, 52, 64, 67–70.

= 10, 20.